32 h. ago 'None of my oldest friends turned up to my 40th birthday party

A disastrous birthday bash made Tiffany Watt Smith wake up to the fact she'd always been a flaky friend. But is this an inevitable pitfall of modern life - or can we change our ways?

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62 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: As Ed Miliband doubles down on his Net Zero madness  Disaster, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

Ed Miliband is ramping up his Net Zero zealotry, despite the blackout chaos that the failure of wind and solar brought to Spain and Portugal this week.

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5 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Labour's lying to us about migration. They're planning to flood the country with EU 'youths' and it's freedom of movement by the front door

Surkeir Starmer says he's going to get tough on immigration. No, he isn't. Back in February, Pixie Balls-Cooper said the government had zero interest in signing up to a 'youth mobility' scheme.

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6 d. ago Black Hawk helicopter pilot 'made two mistakes' before crashing into plane killing 67

The helicopter pilot involved in the worst American aviation disaster in more than a quarter of a century reportedly made two major errors in the second before colliding with a commercial plane

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7 d. ago Dame Prue Leith recalls cat incident 'so awful' it could have stopped her TV career

The Great British Bake Off judge made a shock confession about a 'disaster' in her life

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9 d. ago Meghan and Harry are 'money mad' and 'disaster tourists' says Diana's friend, who believes the Duke is 'loyal to his wife' but 'misses being a prince'

In conversation with The Telegraph, New York-based Brown explained, 'He really knows how to play the role of the prince.'

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9 d. ago Meghan is 'money mad' and a 'disaster tourist' says Diana's friend, who believes Harry is 'loyal to his wife' but 'misses being a prince'

In conversation with The Telegraph, New York-based Brown explained, 'He really knows how to play the role of the prince.'

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9 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: We're on the brink of World War III, our cities are hellscapes and the economy's shot. No wonder voters are turning to Reform

The self-indulgent, self-aggrandising stupidity of our political class and those responsible for our hopelessly inadequate and hideously expensive public services continues to plumb new depths.

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1 week ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: No World Wars, no World Cup, no pub and vegan

Plans to build a theme park in Oxfordshire celebrating Britain's vibrant history have run into fierce opposition from locals. Villagers in Bucknell fear it would wreck their rural idyll.

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3 w. ago Streams of medicines: how Switzerland cleaned up its act – podcast

Switzerland is leading the world in purifying its water of micropollutants, a concoction of chemicals often found in bodies of water that look crystal clear. They include common medicines like antidepressants and antihistamines, but have unknown and potentially damaging consequences for human and ecosystem health. In the second of a two-part series, Phoebe Weston travels to Geneva to find out how the country has transformed its rivers from sewage-filled health hazards to pristine swimming spots. She tells Madeleine Finlay how a public health disaster in the 1960s spurred the government to act, and what the UK could learn from the Swiss about taking care of a precious national asset.From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its riversSupport the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod Continue reading...

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3 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Soon everything in the shops will be behind bars

Remember when you could walk into your local corner shop for 20 Weights and a Daltons Weekly and have a natter about the weather with Mr Patel behind the counter?

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